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13 Sep 2004, 19:45

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One of Ronald Reaganâ€™s first acts as President was to rescind President Carterâ€™s directive that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries.

(A) that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries
(B) that any chemical be prohibited from sale to other countries that was banned on medical grounds in the United States
(C) prohibiting the sale to other countries of any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States
(D) prohibiting that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States is sold to other countries
(E) that any chemical banned in the United States on medical grounds is prohibited from being sold to other countries.

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15 Sep 2004, 05:12

krish wrote:

One of Ronald Reaganâ€™s first acts as President was to rescind President Carterâ€™s directive that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries.

(A) that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States be prohibited from sale to other countries(B) that any chemical be prohibited from sale to other countries that was banned on medical grounds in the United States(C) prohibiting the sale to other countries of any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States(D) prohibiting that any chemical banned on medical grounds in the United States is sold to other countries(E) that any chemical banned in the United States on medical grounds is prohibited from being sold to other countries.

My choice is C...

A - wordy: banned, prohibited...
B - countries that was banned - absurdity
D - verb tense is not correct: sold
E - from being sold - unidiomatic